Description: Secret Missions of the Civil War by Philip Van Doren Stern 1959 1st Edition Good condition -- see all photos. This is not one of the many reprints issued later. This is the actual book from 1959! This has been deemed a culturally and historically important book. The photos you see here are photos of the actual book that you will receive. Many book sellers online post using stock photos that often don’t resemble the book you actually receive. Civil War historian and celebrated author Philip Van Doren Stern presents an underground history woven from first hand accounts of Civil War spies, scouts, detectives and double agents. Secret Missions of the Civil War gives an inside look into the birth of modern spy warfare: secret codes, Allen Pinkerton, assassinations, McClellan's personal spy, European arms dealing, the Secret Service, Morgan and Mosby, the stunning Mrs. Rose O’Neal, privateers, the New York draft riots and torpedoes. Through astute and carefully documented commentary, Stern shows how seemingly random acts of underground warfare dramatically influenced the course of the war and American history.Contents: Washington the eve of the war / Charles P. Stone -- Founder of the Pinkertons shadows a beautiful rebel spy / Allan Pinkerton -- Future head of U.S. Secret Service activities goes on his first mission / Lafayette C. Baker -- How the Confederates got arms and ammunition in Europe / Caleb Huse -- First Confederate cruiser puts out to sea / Raphael Semmes -- Confederacy's first government-owned blockade runner begins her career / James D. Bulloch -- Belle Boyd starts her work as a spy / Belle Boyd -- Union spy tells how he operated / Spencer Kellogg Brown -- Female spy changes her color / S. Emma E. Edmonds -- Carrying a memorized cipher message through the lines / Adam R. Johnson -- Confederate cruiser runs the gauntlet / John Newland Maffitt -- Dummy ironclad goes on a secret mission with no one on board / David Dixon Porter -- Morgan and his men escape from prison / Thomas E. Hines -- Draft riots / Joel Tyler Headley -- Confederate torpedo service / R.O. Crowley -- Tallahassee terrifies New York and New England / John Taylor Wood -- Explosion at City Point / Morris Schaff -- Mosby's greenback raid / John H. Alexander -- Confederates raid Vermont / John W. Headley -- Destruction at the Albemarle / W.B. Cushing -- Confederates try to burn New York City / John W. Headley -- Capturing a Confederate guerrilla leader / Harry Gilmor -- Lee sends his last message to Jefferson Davis / John S. Wise -- Last of the Confederate cruisers / John Thomson Mason.
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